Improvement in toy furniture



E.. P. WOODS.

Toy Furniture.

N GI OS Q Pat ente d March 23, 18 75 \VITNESSES.

THE GRAPHIC 00-PHOTD v-LlTH.39&4-l PARK PLA'GEJLY EDWARD P. 'VVOODS,'OFLOWELL,IMASSAOHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF,

DANIEL: SHERWOOD, AND CYRUS H. LATHAM, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN Tov FURNlTURE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 161,083, dated March25, 187.); applica ion filed I September 28, 1874.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD P. WOODS, of

"Lowell, in the county of Middlesex and State 3 of Massachusetts, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire Toys representingFurniture, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings makingpart of this specification, in which drawings I have represented, inperspective, several of the different wire toy articles embodying myinvention, which is the one feature common to all of them-viz., theirconstruction of wire-substantially as hereinafter described.

In the said perspective elevations of drawings, Figure 1 represents atoy wire .towelrack; Fig. 2, a toy wire chair; Fig. 3, a toy wirebedstead; Fig. 4, a toy wire footstool; Fig. 5, a toy wire table; Fig.6, a toy wire sofa; Fig. 7, a toy wire wash-stand, and Fig. 8 a toy wirechair.

This invention relates to and consists in constructing toy furniture,imitating in form bedsteads, chairs, sofas, wash-stands,tables,towelracks, footstools, &c., of wire, either plain, twisted, 0r wound,and having the parts connected together by twisting, or by bending, orby looping certain of the parts around other one or more parts, or bymetal bands I) passing around two or more of the wires, as clearly shownin the drawings.

The object of this invention is to produce or furnish certain articlesof wire toy furniture, or wire toys in the form of furniture, asplaythings for children, to please and amuse them, which is the commonand only use to which they are put.

In constructing the said wire toy furniture, the form and mode ofconnection of the wire parts are intended to be varied in ways wellknown to manufacturers of wire goods, so as to produce a reasonablevariety of such toy articles.

If preferred, certain of such toy wire articles, such as thoserepresenting tables, sofas, chairs, and bedsteads may be partially orwholly covered on suitable portions with ornamental material inimitation of upholstery. The toy wire articles representing furniture,

such as chairs, may be made in the various forms of camp-chairs orcamp-stools, chairs with rockers or arms, so as to add to the varietyand attractiveness of the toys, and thereby to adapt them to representdifferent sets, such as parlor sets, chamber sets, 850.

After the said toy wire articles represent ing furniture have been made,each piece or article is immersed in a bath of melted tin or othersuitable metal, which solders and secures all the connections of thewires, and perfectly covers them and gives them a beautiful finish andluster, and renders them very pleasing as toys, and all at a cost farbelow that of other toy furniture.

As a convenient mode of constructing a wire toy in imitation of a chair,one piece of wire forms the two rear legs a, a part of each side d, andthe front top bar f. A second piece of wire forms the two front legs h,a part of each side, d, and the rear top bar 70. The back of the chairis formed of a single piece, m, of wire, bent in any desired form, as inFigs. 2 or 8, and the ends looped around the back bar It. Each arm n isa single piece of wire, with its opposite ends looped around the uprightm of the back and the front bar f, each part being bent in suitableform, about as shown in, the drawings. A link of two bars, 19, is usedto fill out the seat, and this link is connected to the front and backbars, and the two wires forming the sides are also connected by metalbands b passing around the two wires, as shown.

To strengthen and brace the legs of the toy representing a chair, twowires are twisted together for a short space at their centers, and theirdiverging ends 9 bent out and looped around the legs, as shown.

The construction of a wire toy representing a sofa is substantially likethat representing a chair, except a wire bow, S, in the back, and ringsR, instead of links 9, to fill out the seat, and there connectedtogether and to the frame by metal bands 11.

To construct a wire toy representing a bedstead, each pair of end postsand legs a and the curved top g are of one piece of wire, connected byone or more wire bars, '17, and by braces g, like those on the legs ofthe toy representing a chair. The posts are further supported by bracesB, connected to the posts and to the side rails E, which have cross-barsg representing the slats on a bedstead.

The construction of a wire toy representing a wash-stand is simply theframe of that representing a chair, with the bottom cross-brace andleg-connecting wires g, but with a ring, R, in the top like those in thetoy representing a sofa. The connection of the sides and the ring to thesides and to the front and rear bars are made by metal bands I).

A single piece of wire, with its ends looped onto the front bar f, formsa railing, n, on the back and two sides of the stand. The railing issupported at the-two rear corners by short wires 0, connected theretoand to the rear bar It.

A wire toy representing a table is made by twisting the central portion,say, of four wires together. Four of the diverging ends 0 or wires arecurved outward and downward and form the legs, and the opposite fourdiverging ends or wires 0/ are bent outward at a right angle to thecenter post D, in the same horizontal plane, and their outer endsconnected to a wire ring, F. Other radial wires 0 are arranged betweenthe ring F and the center, to fill out the space, and to support acovering placed thereon, if desired.

A wire toy representing a towel-rack, Fig. 1, is made with two ends eachof a wire bent in the form of a bow, 0 and the two parts twistedtogether for a short distance, and then bent outward and downward toform the legs (i The two end portions are connected together by bars I)in suitable number.

A wire toy representing a footstool has its top made similar to the seatof a chair, with a link or loop, 1), connected to two of the sides bymetal bands b, and the legs are formed of two wires twisted together fora short space at their centers, and bent or curved downward and outward,where, at a suitable distance from the twist, they are each bent in theform of a loop, 0 with their ends carried upward and connected to thecorners of the top frame 6 as shown.

I claim as my invention- As a new article of manufacture, toy furnitureconsisting essentially of chairs, tables, bedsteads, and similararticles, when made of wire, substantially as described and shown, andfor the purpose set forth.

EDWARD P. WOODS.

Witnesses:

JOHN W. REED, FRANK 0. BUTTERFIELD.

